 Tell her you're out seeing the country and looking for a place to settle and a good woman to marry. Repeat until you found somebody to go study with. This worked for at least one young, awkward guy I knew at a Catholic church in Louisiana. Met his wife at Love's on I-80 in Iowa. She converted, moved to Louisiana with him, and they go back to Iowa together every Christmas, fueling up at the truck stop where they met. She was giddy to find him, as most of the men in her town were either already married or total losers. They were both in their early 30s when they met.